Janet Coats is the Managing Director of the Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology at the University of Florida's (UF) ...

Denis Phillips, the suspenders-clad ABC Action News Tampa Bay meteorologist with a rule about staying calm (“Rule No. 7: Don’t freak out unless I’m freaking out”) posted to Facebook about Milton: ...

PolitiFact has fact-checked many claims about Israel, Gaza and the war in the Middle East. Here’s how the misleading and false narratives have changed ...

Nonprofit news organizations must find a way to make it clear to their communities that there is a nonprofit news difference ...

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Poynter’s Leadership Academy for Women in Media participants dealt with the natural disaster by prioritizing safety — and each other.

In the latest episode of ‘The Poynter Report Podcast,’ Poynter president Neil Brown says the stories journalists tell about their business are flawed ...

Officials warn that spreading baseless rumors can cause confusion, hinder emergency response and put emergency management staff at risk.

Vance and Walz met in an Oct. 1 vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News that was cordial and heavy on policy discussion ...

PolitiFact is live fact-checking the first 2024 vice presidential debate Oct. 1 in New York City between Republican Sen. JD ...

My first instinct is to help report. This was the first time in my career I found myself, and my family’s well-being, dependent on reporting.’ ...

Local journalists are working to reach isolated communities to fill in information gaps — while dealing with damage in their own lives ...